Fiawo 1 14
1 Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, Yeroboam ƒe vi, Abiya dze dɔ
At that time Abia the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
2 eye Yeroboam gblɔ na srɔ̃a be, “Yi, nàtrɔ ɖokuiwò ale be womanya be wòe nye Yeroboam srɔ̃ o, emegbe nàyi Silo. Nyagblɔɖila Ahiya le afi ma, ame si gblɔ nam be manye fia ɖe ame siawo dzi.
And Jeroboam said to his wife: Arise, and change thy dress, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Silo, where Ahias the prophet is, who told me, that I should reign over this people.
3 Tsɔ abolo meme ewo kple akpɔnɔ vivi kple anyitsi goe ɖeka ɖe asi eye nàyi egbɔ. Agblɔ nu si adzɔ ɖe ɖevi la dzi na wò.”
Take also with thee ten leaves, and cracknels, and a pot of honey, and go to him: for he will tell thee what shall become of this child.
4 Ale srɔ̃a yi Ahiya ƒe aƒe me le Silo. Ahiya zu ametsitsi aɖe azɔ eye megatea ŋu kpɔa nu o.
Jeroboam’s wife did as he told her: and rising up went to Silo, and came to the house of Ahias: but he could not see, for his eyes were dim by reason of his age.
5 Ke Yehowa ɖee fia Ahiya bena, fianyɔnu la gbɔna eɖokui trɔ ge abe ame bubu ene eye wòava egbɔ ava bia nyae tso via ŋu elabena via dze dɔ sesĩe. Yehowa gblɔ nu si wòagblɔ na nyɔnu la nɛ.
And the Lord said to Ahias: Behold the wife of Jeroboam cometh in, to consult thee concerning her son that is sick: thus and thus shalt thou speak to her. So when she was coming in, and made as if she were another woman,
6 Ale esi Ahiya se nyɔnu la ŋkɔ le eƒe ʋɔtru nu ko la, edo ɣli be, “Yeroboam srɔ̃, ge ɖe eme. Nu ka ta nèle agbagba dzem be yeadze ame bubui?” Egblɔ na nyɔnu la be, “Nya vɔ̃ aɖe le asinye na wò,
Ahias heard the sound of her feet coming in at the door, and said: Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam: why dost thou feign thyself to be another? But I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
7 gblɔ nya siawo tso Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gbɔ na srɔ̃wò be, ‘Metia wò tso ame maɖinuwo dome eye meɖo wò fiae ɖe Israel dzi.
Go, and tell Jeroboam: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel:
8 Mexɔ fiaɖuƒe la le David ƒe ƒometɔwo si hetsɔ na wò gake mèwɔ nye seawo dzi abe nye dɔla, David ene o. David ƒe didi vevi wònye be yeawɔ nye seawo dzi ɣe sia ɣi eye yeawɔ nu sia nu si medi be wòawɔ.
And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to thee, and thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and followed me with all his heart, doing that which was well pleasing in my sight:
9 Ke èwɔ nu vɔ̃ wu fia siwo katã do ŋgɔ na wò. Èwɔ mawu bubuwo na ɖokuiwò, èdo dɔmedzoe nam kple wò sikanyiviawo eye nètrɔ megbe dem.
But hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast made thee strange gods and molten gods, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
10 “‘Le esia ta la, mahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e ava Yeroboam ƒe aƒe dzi eye matsrɔ̃ ŋutsuwo katã kple eƒe alimeviwo le Israel. Matɔ dzo Yeroboam ƒe aƒe abe ale si wotɔa dzo lãwo ƒe afɔdzi tso lãkpowo me ene.
Therefore behold I will bring evils upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut of from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the last in Israel: and I will sweep away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as dung is swept away till all be clean.
11 Meka atam be avuwo aɖu wò ƒometɔ siwo aku le dua me eye xewo aɖu esiwo aku ɖe gbedzi.’”
Them that shall die of Jeroboam in the city, the dogs shall eat: and them that shall die in the field, the birds of the air shall devour: for the Lord hath spoken it.
12 Ahiya gagblɔ na Yeroboam srɔ̃ be, “Yi aƒe. Ne èɖo dua me teti ko la, ɖevi la aku.
Arise thou therefore, and go to thy house: and when thy feet shall be entering into the city, the child shall die,
13 Israel blibo la afae eye woaɖii, gake eya koe nye miaƒe ƒometɔ si aku le ŋutifafa me,
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and shall bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall be laid in a sepulchre, because in his regard there is found a good word from the Lord the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
14 Yehowa ŋutɔ aɖo fia aɖe na eɖokui ɖe Israel dzi. Fia sia aɖe Yeroboam ƒe ƒome blibo la ɖa. Egbee nye ŋkeke la! Nu ka? Ɛ̃, fifi laa gɔ̃ hã.
And the Lord hath appointed himself a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam in this day, and in this time:
15 Ekema Yehowa aʋuʋu Israel abe ale si tɔsisi nyamaa aƒla si ge ɖe eme la ene, aho Israel le wo fofowo ƒe anyigba nyui sia dzi eye wòakaka wo ɖe Frat tɔsisi la godo, esi wodo dɔmedzoe na Yehowa to aƒeliwo subɔsubɔ me la ta.
And the Lord God shall strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water: and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river: because they have made to themselves groves, to provoke the Lord.
16 Yehowa agblẽe ɖi le nu vɔ̃ si Yeroboam wɔ eye wòkplɔ Israel blibo la hã de nu vɔ̃ me la ta.”
And the Lord shall give up Israel for the sins of Jeroboam, who hath sinned, and made Israel to sin.
17 Yeroboam srɔ̃ trɔ yi Tirza. Esi wòɖo eƒe aƒe me ƒe agbo nu ko la, ɖevi la ku.
And the wife of Jeroboam arose, and departed, and came to Thersa: and when she was coming in to the threshold of the house, the child died;
18 Wofa ɖevi kuku la le anyigba blibo la dzi abe ale si Yehowa gblɔe da ɖi to eƒe nyagblɔɖila Ahiya dzi la ene.
And they buried him. And all Israel mourned for him according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahias the prophet.
19 Woŋlɔ Yeroboam ƒe nuwɔna bubuawo, eƒe aʋawɔwɔwo kple nya bubu siwo dzɔ le eƒe fiaɖuɖu me la ɖe Israel fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he fought, and how he reigned, behold they are written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel.
20 Yeroboam ɖu fia ƒe blaeve. Esi wòku la, via Nadab ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
And the days that Jeroboam reigned, were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers: and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
21 Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, Rehoboam, Solomo ƒe vi nye fia le Yuda. Exɔ ƒe blaene-vɔ-ɖekɛ esi woɖoe fiae. Eɖu fia ƒe wuiadre le Yerusalem, du si Yehowa tia le Israel duwo katã dome be yeanɔ eme la me. Rehoboam dadae nye Naama, Amoni nyɔnu aɖe.
And Roboam the son of Solomon reigned in Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem the city, which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother’s name wee Naama an Ammonitess.
22 Le Rehoboam ƒe fiaɖuɣi la, Yudatɔwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ abe Israelviwo ke ene eye wotsɔ woƒe nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ do dɔmedzoe na Yehowa elabena woawo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo wu wo fofowo tɔ gɔ̃ hã.
And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed.
23 Wotu nuxeƒewo, li aƒeliwo kple legbawo ɖe to kɔkɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzi kple ati dama ɖe sia ɖe te.
For they also built them altars, and statues, and groves upon every high hill and under every green tree:
24 Ŋutsu nuxeƒegbolowo hã xɔ anyigba blibo la dzi. Ame siwo nɔ Yuda la wɔ busunuwo abe trɔ̃subɔdukɔ siwo Yehowa nya le anyigba la dzi be yeƒe amewo nakpɔ teƒe anɔ la ene.
There were also the effeminate in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the people whom the Lord had destroyed before the face of the children of Israel.
25 Le Fia Rehoboam ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe atɔ̃lia me la, Egipte fia Sisak ho aʋa ɖe Yerusalem ŋu eye wòɖu edzi.
And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
26 Elɔ nu sia nu le gbedoxɔ la kple fiasã la me dzoe. Etsɔ sikakpoxɔnu siwo Solomo wɔ la katã hã dzoe.
And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the king’s treasures, and carried all off: as also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
27 Ke Fia Rehoboam wɔ akɔblikpoxɔnuwo ɖe wo teƒe eye wòtsɔ wo de asi na eŋudzɔlawo ƒe amegã.
And Roboam made shields of brass instead of them, and delivered them into the. hand of the captains of the shieldbearers, and of them that kept watch before the gate of the king’s house.
28 Ɣe sia ɣi si Fia la yi gbedoxɔ la me la, eŋudzɔlawo tsɔa wo bɔa asaɖa le eŋgɔ eye emegbe la, wogbugbɔa wo dana ɖe dzɔlawo ƒe xɔ me.
And when the king went into the house of the Lord, they whose office it was to go before him, carried them: and afterwards they brought them back to the armoury of the shieldbearers.
29 Woŋlɔ nyadzɔdzɔ bubuwo tso Rehoboam ƒe fiaɖuɖu ŋuti ɖe Yuda fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
Now the rest of the sets of Roboam, and all that he did, behold they are written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda.
30 Aʋa dzɔna ɖe Rehoboam kple Yeroboam dome enuenu.
And there was war between Roboam and Jeroboam always.
31 Esime Rehoboam, ame si dadae nye Naama, Amoni nyɔnu la ku la, woɖii ɖe tɔgbuiawo dome le David ƒe du la me eye via Abiyam ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and his mother’s name was Naama an Ammonitess: and Abiam his son reigned in his stead.
